This elaboration inspired an analysis of web sites of Polish higher education facilities which educate students of business specialties. The table below lists of such centres whose programmes offer activities benefitting from decision mak-ing business simulations9 .
Table 6. Decision making business simulations used at higher education facilities
University Simulation
AGH University of Science and Technology Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa Global Management Challenge
Kozminski University Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
Gdynia Maritime University Global Management Challenge
University of Podlasie Global Management Challenge
Polonia University in Częstochowa Marketplace
University of Bielsko-Biala Global Management Challenge Józef Tyszkiewicz College of Business and
Computer Science Marketplace
Katowice School of Economics Global Management Challenge John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Global Management Challenge Małopolska School of Economics, Tarnow Global Management Challenge International Management Center, University of
Warsaw Global Management Challenge
8 http://cdism.sum.edu.pl/Symulacja/symulacja.aspx.
9 The nature of the data collected is dynamic – each new semester may see simulations enter new universities; by the same token, new games may be used at the universities from the list.
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University Simulation
Romuald Kudlinski OLYMPUS University Global Management Challenge State Higher School of Computer Science and
Business Administration in Lomza Global Management Challenge Pope John II State School of
Higher Education in Biała Podlaska Global Management Challenge Public Professional College in Gorzów Wielkopolski Global Management Challenge Stanisław Wojciechowski Higher Vocational State
School in Kalisz (academic education) Global Management Challenge School of Higher Vocational Education in Nysa Global Management Challenge Higher Vocational School in Suwalki Global Management Challenge Bialystok University of Technology Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
Czestochowa University of Technology Global Management Challenge Gdańsk University of Technology Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
Koszalin University of Technology Global Management Challenge Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of
Technology Global Management Challenge
Lublin University of Technology Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Lodz University of Technology Global Management Challenge Poznan University of Technology Global Management Challenge
Marketplace Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and
Humanities in Radom Marketplace
Rzeszow University of Technology Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Silesian University of Technology Global Management Challenge Kielce University of Technology Global Management Challenge Warsaw University of Technology Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
Wrocław University of Technology Global Management Challenge
Polish Virtual University Marketplace
Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology Global Management Challenge Warsaw University of Technology Business School Global Management Challenge Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Global Management Challenge Warsaw School of Economics Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
Bogdan Jański Academy Global Management Challenge
University of Social Sciences and Humanities Global Management Challenge Silesian International Business School Global Management Challenge Bolesław Markowski Higher School of Commerce
in Kielce Decision making simulation
TEES-6
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University Simulation
Lazarski Univeristy Global Management Challenge
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Global Management Challenge Marketplace
University of Economics in Katowice Global Management Challenge Decision making simulation TEES-6
Cracow University of Economics Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Decision making simulation TEES-6
Poznan University of Economics Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Wrocław University of Economics Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Global Management Challenge Jagiellonian University in Krakow Global Management Challenge Kazimierz Wielki University Global Management Challenge
University of Lodz Global Management Challenge
Internet decision making game TAKTYK
Marketplace
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Global Management Challenge Medical University of Lublin Global Management Challenge Nicolaus Copernicus University Global Management Challenge
University of Silesia Global Management Challenge
University of Bialystok Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Global Management Challenge
University of Warsaw Global Management Challenge
University of Wrocław Global Management Challenge
University of Zielona Góra Global Management Challenge Military University of Technology, Warsaw Global Management Challenge
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University Simulation
Zamosc University of Management and
Administration TOPSIM
Bydgoszcz School of Banking Global Management Challenge
Poznan School of Banking Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
Wroclaw School of Banking Global Management Challenge
Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National Louis University
w Nowym Sączu Global Management Challenge
Marketplace Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences in
Bydgoszcz Global Management Challenge
Tischner European University, Cracow Chłopska Szkoła Biznesu Global Management Challenge University of Finance and Management, Białystok Marketplace
University of Economy in Bydgoszcz Global Management Challenge Skarbek University in Warsaw Global Management Challenge
Lazarski University Marketplace
University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz Global Management Challenge University of Information Technology and
Management in Rzeszow ComStrat
Global Management Challenge Marketplace
University of Computer Sciences and Skills in Łódź Marketplace College of Foreign Languages and Economy in
Częstochowa Marketplace
College of Communications and Management –
CCM in Pozan Global Management Challenge
University of Trade, Zgierz Global Management Challenge
Warsaw Management Academy Marketplace
Karol Godula Upper Silesian Academy of
Entrepreneurship in Chorzów Global Management Challenge Warsaw Academy of Insurance and Banking Global Management Challenge University of Management and Administration in
Zamosc Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
School of Banking and Management, Cracow Global Management Challenge Marketplace
Chodkowska University, Warsaw Global Management Challenge Polish Open University – Wyższa Szkoła
Zarządzania Global Management Challenge
Marketplace
The West Pomeranian Business School Global Management Challenge Marketplace
West Pomeranian University of Technology,
Szczecin Global Management Challenge
SGE Strateg Source: Own elaboration.
Advantages of using business simulations in education 6565 The list comprises 91 academic centres. It is worth emphasising that it is not only schools of economics but also those specialising in science and humanities that use business simulations as a tool for teaching entrepreneurship. The fol-lowing decision making games were used in the institutions under analysis:
Polish games:
– Case Simulator
– Chłopska Szkoła Biznesu (Rustic Business School) – ComStrat
– Internet decision making game TAKTYK – PROMAR
– SGE Strateg
– Strategic Market Simulation 4RMR – Decision making simulation TEES-6.
Foreign games:
– Global Management Challenge – Industry Masters
– Marketplace – TOPSIM.
The Marketplace, used at 32 higher education facilities, and the Decision making simulation TEES-6 (in 4 of the schools under analysis) ranked among the most popular games. Implemented in the form of an international tournament, also the Global Management Challenge has been used, quite untypically, for de-veloping or testing entrepreneurial skills. In 2012, 80 higher education facilities participated in this tournament .
Among leading higher education centres that use simulations in the process of educating, the following ones stand out:
– University of Gdańsk, where students use 4 types of business simulations – University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow (3
simulations)
– Szczecin University (3 simulations) – University of Lodz (3 simulations)
– Wrocław University of Economics (3 simulations) – Cracow University of Economics (3 simulations).
Recapitulation
Application of business simulation games in teaching entrepreneurship offers cal-culable advantages of combining economic and management theory and practice.
Using computer based solutions, students can compete both during conventional classes and within the e-learning environment. Majority of Polish higher educa-tion facilities apply foreign solueduca-tions – the Marketplace and Global Management
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Challenge games. However, it is worth emphasising that higher education facil-ities encourage the development of Polish tools as well. Among the earliest on those is the TEES simulation – on the market since 1996, and the Strategic Market Simulation 4RMR, used at higher education facilities since 2002.
Participants’ commitment, acquisition of entrepreneurial skills in a simulated environment and the possibility of enriching the courses with elements of theory make it likely that this mode of teaching will keep spreading across higher edu-cation facilities in the years to come. Solutions of different difficulty levels can be expected to emerge, which will aid education from the secondary level through to specialist postgraduate courses .